The international NGO Danish Refugee Council together with national NGO Echelle have completed the analysis and report of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) profiling exercise conducted in May 2011. Read the summary of the report (598kb) (French version only) here and the full report (3,250kb) (French version only) here.
For more information, please contact:
Lukas Rüst
Protection Coordinator
Danish Refugee Council
Central African Republic
protection.car@drc.dk
Posted in africa, APRD, bandits, BINUCA, Birao, Central African Republic, chad, child soldiers, children, disarmament, displacement, DRC, governance, government, human rights, humanitarian crisis, internal displacement, MICOPAX, ouham, rebels, refugees, Sam Ouandja, security, sexual violence, UFDR, united nations, violence, war crimes, Zaraguinas on Nov 2nd, 2011 No Comments »
Amnesty International Press Release (20 Oct 2011)
Central African Republic: Civilians bear the brunt of decades of violence and abuses
Local and foreign armed groups in the CAR are still killing, abducting, torturing and raping civilians, as well as burning houses and looting property, Amnesty International said in a report released today.
The report Central African Republic – Action needed to end decades of abuse describes how CAR’s population has been terrorized for decades by armed groups who have been able to operate with virtual impunity.
Despite peace agreements and a fledgling Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration process, armed conflict continues to ravage the country resulting in civilian deaths and mass internal displacement.
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Posted in CAP, Central African Republic, Coordinated Aid Programme, coordination, DDR, disarmament, governance, government, human rights, humanitarian crisis, IDP Campaign, info bulletin, internal displacement, rebels, refugees, UNHCR, united nations, violence, war crimes, WFP, WHO on Sep 23rd, 2011 No Comments »
Highlights
- Conflict between CPJP and UFDR rebels
- Emergency education in the Haute-Kotto prefecture
- Logistics cluster
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Posted in BINUCA, campaign, Central African Republic, Coordinated Aid Programme, development, donor support, gender, government, human rights, info bulletin, intranet, publications, refugees, UNDP, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNIFEM, united nations, violence, WFP, WHO on Sep 19th, 2011 No Comments »
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- La nouvelle Représentante Spéciale du SGNU en Centrafrique
- L’autonomie d’action des femmes de la commune de Bouchia–centre renforcée
- La Première Dame de Centrafrique engagée dans la Réduction de la Mortalité Maternelle et néonatale
- Le relèvement post conflit: la capacitation des femmes de Markounda
- Femmes de Centrafrique, moteur pour le développement: la Table Ronde de Bruxelles sur le DSRPII de juin 2011
- La déclaration des femmes de Centrafrique à la Table Ronde de Bruxelles sur le DSRPII
- Vers une Table Ronde Sectorielle Genre et réduction de la pauvreté
- Pour que les femmes et jeunes filles réfugiées de Pladama gardent leur dignité
- Principaux résultats de la Sérologie VIH de MICS IV: Les femmes sont toujours plus infectées que les hommes
- Les visages féminins du nouveau gouvernement Touadera
- Femme leader, femme de tête: NADIA, première femme chauffeur dans le système des Nations Unies en Centrafrique
Read more by downloading the Bulletin : Trait d’union N°1 (PDF – 880 KB) (French version only) >>
Posted in Bangui, BINUCA, Central African Republic, conferences, Coordinated Aid Programme, development, donor support, FAO, governance, government, human rights, humanitarian crisis, IDP Campaign, info bulletin, OCHA, UNDP, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNIFEM, united nations, WFP, WHO on Sep 12th, 2011 No Comments »
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- Visite de travail du RSSG et Chef de l’UNOCA à Bangui
- Élections législatives partielles
- Célébration du 51ème anniversaire de la proclamation de l’Indépendance de la RCA
- Actualités politiques
- Activités de la Section Droits de l’Homme et Justice
- Activités de l’Unité des Institutions de Sécurité
- Activités SNU
- Activités du staff
Read more by downloading the BINUCA Infos N°17, Août 2011 (PDF – 2.46 Mo) (French version only) >>
Posted in Central African Republic, Coordinated Aid Programme, FAO, Food, gender, hiv, human rights, humanitarian futures, info bulletin, intranet, united nations, WHO on Sep 12th, 2011 No Comments »
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- Atelier de lancement des travaux de formulation du nouveau cycle de coopération pour l’horizon 2012-2016 par La FAO et le Gouvernement centrafricain
- FAO/PROJET-OSRO/RAF/010/SWE – Sécurité alimentaire/VIH SIDA – Violence sur le gennre – Formation des facilitateurs pour l’encadrement des champs écoles paysans à Mbaïki
- La FAO réduit la crise du manioc à Bossembélé et Yaloké
- Atelier de renforcement des capacités du Groupe thématique et de l’Equipe Conjointe du Système des Nations Unies sur le SIDA
Read more by downloading the Le mensuel de la FAO , Août 2011 (991 Ko) >>
For further details please contact fao.cf@fao.org
Posted in ACTED, AIDS, Bangui, BINUCA, CAP, Central African Republic, CHF, Coordinated Aid Programme, coordination, donor support, DRC, ERF, FAO, FOMAC, FOMUC, human rights, humanitarian crisis, intranet, IRC, LRA, Merlin, MICOPAX, MSF, OCHA, Solidarités, UNDAF, UNDP, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNIFEM, united nations, WFP, WHO, World Bank on Jul 26th, 2011 No Comments »
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- Cholera outbreak preparedness in CAR
- Update on PU-AMI activities
- HDPT maps now available online
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Marie Elise, her husband and their three children live in a clearing in the forest some ten minutes walk off the main road to the town Mbaiki in the Central African Republic. They belong to the Aka pygmy ethnic group. People of the Aka group have lived in this territory for centuries yet many are not even recognized as citizens.
It is noon and the sun is beaming. Only the colourful swarms of butterflies seem not to mind the heat. Marie Elise, her children and a dozen of their community members, sit in the shade of a cluster of palm trees. They are listening to Simone who works for the Italian NGO, COOPI. Simone is talking about child rights. “We give birth to children but that is not enough,” says Simone while displaying drawings of parents nursing their baby. “Next we have to take care of them to ensure that they grow up to become good and healthy people.”
Through illustrative drawings Simone explains how parents should bring their newborn to the town hall to register for a birth certificate, so that the child will be able to enroll at a school. The birth certificate should eventually be exchanged for a national identification card, which entitles citizens to be recognized and protected by national law. Lack of such documentation excludes people from legal protection, registering to vote, obtaining formal employment, and benefiting from social services and development schemes. Continue Reading »
Posted in aid, Central African Republic, child soldiers, children, GBV, gender, human rights, internal displacement, rebels, sexual violence, violence on Feb 11th, 2009 No Comments »
Grave violations against children are being perpetrated by all parties to the various conflicts in the Central African Republic (CAR), including rape and armed recruitment into the fighting forces, according to a United Nations report released today.
Non-State armed groups and bandits are also kidnapping children as a means of recruitment and to threaten and extort ransom from the population, while abuses against youngsters generally are committed in a climate of impunity, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon writes in his latest report to the Security Council on children and armed conflict in CAR.
“I call on all parties to the conflict to immediately and without precondition cease the recruitment and use of children and to identify and release to the United Nations those children already in their ranks,” he says.
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Posted in Central African Republic, child soldiers, children, human rights, humanitarian crisis, internal displacement, malnutrition, refugees, reproductive health, UNICEF, violence on Jul 31st, 2008 No Comments »
The UNICEF representation in the Central African Republic has just published their monthly report for June 2008. It contains an excellent overview on the current humanitarian, political and security situation, as well as a description of UNICEF’s projects in CAR.
Here is the summary:
- CAR is placed on the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission’s agenda
- Peace agreement signed between the CAR government, APRD and UFDR
- The UN Fund grants UNICEF US$5.8million to purchase 740,000 mosquito nets
- UNICEF signs new agreements with COOPI, IMC, IPHD, IRC and Merlin
- Mass vaccination campaign against Yellow Fever is held in northwestern CAR
- International Day of the African Child is celebrated
- The construction of 404 latrines is completed in northern CAR
- Current UNICEF appeal funded at just 29%
Click here to download the report (PDF – 1.2MB)
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Posted in APRD, bandits, Central African Republic, child soldiers, children, human rights, ICC, sexual violence, UNICEF, war crimes on Jun 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
Radhika Coomaraswamy, Secretary General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflicts concluded on Saturday a six-day mission to assess the conflict’s impact on children in CAR and Chad.
After a two day visit to Chad, Radhika Coomaraswamy came to CAR to meet young victims of abduction, and rebels suspected of recruiting child soldiers. She met with women communities, internally displaced people (IDPs), and victims of the conflict and of coupeurs de routes (Zaraguinas). Among the victimes, the SRSG met a young girl abducted by Coupeurs de Route two years ago in a neighbouring village. She was only liberated in March this year, when the Government forces attacked the bandits’ camp in Bilakaré, between Paoua, Bokaranga and Bozoum. By that time, her parents had fled violence, probably to Cameroun and she is now living with her displaced grandmother in Paoua.
However, despite the remaining insecurity, improvements have been achieved through the peace agreements signed between the Government and the Movement of Democratic Forces for Unity (UFDR) last year and with the Popular Army for Unity and Democracy (APRD) last month. Continue Reading »
Massive sexual crimes in Central African Republic will not go unpunished
(ICC): Jean-Pierre Bemba, charged by the ICC for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Central African Republic, was arrested on 24 May in the suburbs of Brussels, Belgium.
Mr. Bemba is chairman of the Mouvement de Libération du Congo (MLC), an armed group which intervened in the 2002-2003 armed conflict in Central African Republic (CAR) and pursued a plan of terrorizing and brutalizing innocent civilians, in particular during a campaign of massive rapes and looting. Mr Bemba had already used the same tactics in the past, in CAR, in the DRC, always leaving a trail of death and destruction behind him.
He is the first person arrested in the context of the ICC investigation in CAR which was opened by Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo in May 2007. Further investigation are proceeding. Continue Reading »
HDPT’s Info Bulletin no 46 (February 4 – February 11, 2008) is out – with detailed information on current humanitarian and development activities in the Central African Republic. It contains a current overview on the most important developments and news from within and about CAR. Continue Reading »
Professor Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions visited the Central African Republic to inquire into extra-judicial executions in the recent past.
In his preliminary report, he states that “Up until very recently Government forces were burning entire villages to the ground and summarily executing large numbers of people. As of today, these abuses have fallen dramatically. But while President Bozizé has shown that he has the power to prevent the military from committing human rights abuses, it is still too early to conclude that the Government has definitively turned a new page.” A final, detailed report will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in June. We are posting his full statement below. Continue Reading »
Amnesty International reports on the human rights abuses of “Zaraguinas”, road bandits operating in the north-west of CAR.
According to the report, they target mostly civilians, who already suffer from fighting between government and rebels troops in the area, and spread terror with kidnappings, rape and pillaging. The government is unable to protect the population. “Zaraguinas are often better equipped with automatic weapons and have better knowledge of the terrain than government forces”, mentions Amnesty’s Africa Programme Director.
Click here to read the AI report on the Zaraguinas
